Fingleton White

Lobbying Organisation Fingleton White

Date published 08 Jan, 2018

Relevant Matter Legislation

Public Policy Area Transport

Period 1 Sep, 2017 to 31 Dec, 2017

Specific Details To support a change in the Roads Act 1993.

Intended results A change in the Roads Act that would allow works in the public road, which have been granted planning permission, to proceed without the need to get agreement of landowners whose land is registered to the centre of the public road.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity John Fingleton

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (2-5)

Emails sent to a Department of Taoiseach outlining the legislative issues with installing utility infrastructure under roads.

Meeting (1)

Brief meeting in Athy with An Taoiseach to discuss the current legislative issues with installing utility infrastructure under roads.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Philip O’Callaghan Special Adviser (Department of the Taoiseach)

Leo Varadkar Taoiseach (Department of the Taoiseach)